It gasped once for breath that would not come, and lay very still.

He gasped once or twice, and then tried to speak again.

A moment later she gasped once, and her dark eyes rolled up until the whites showed.

He gasped once, twice, before he began to breathe normally again.

The man gasped once and died as blood drained from his brain.

He gasped once, and fell to his knees, his head hanging forward.

She gasped once, twice, as she tried to get control.

He gasped once, then said, 'I want to hear the history now.'

I gasped once for air, trying to protect myself or fight back, but it was already too late.

And the audience gasped once, when the lone woman among the six revealed something that happened to her husband.